A few weeks ago, I decided to wander through Dear Lizzie, a small boutique near my home, to look for Handmade Christmas gift ideas.

Right as I walked in the door, I spotted the perfect project. It was a darling fabric flower pin, and I knew it would be easy to make at home. It’s a perfect gift for a friend, mother, sister, or even a teacher. The flowers at Dear Lizzie sold for about $15 dollars, it cost me less than a dollar to make these. And it was a quick project that took me less than half an hour.

Here’s what you need for the project:

A small amount of fabric- scraps of fabric from a past project are perfect!

Light weight iron-on adhesive like Heat n Bond or Wonder Under

Wool Felt- just a small amount. Again scraps from another project work great.

Buttons, large crystal beads, lace, tulle or any other embellishment you love.

7. Cut out three circles from the felt. For the first circle, I used the top of a shot glass. Next flip it over and trace the smaller bottom of the glass. The last circle was about the size of a penny. So you are basically going from large to small circles. You can usually use a pencil to trace the circles onto the felt.

8. In the largest circle, cut two small slits, across from each other. This will be to slip a hairclip or pin into, as you can see below.

Remove clip before stitching felt into place.

9. Center largest circle onto largest flower and stitch around edge. This may be done on the machine or by hand.

10. Layer large flower, then medium felt circle, then medium flower, small felt, the small flower.

11. Center a button in the middle of the flowers and using a heavy duty thread, and a sharp needle, stitch through all the layers to sew the layers together and the button into place.

You can also use a layer of lace before you sew on the button. Using long thread, I weave the needle in and out of the bottom of 7 inches of lace. Then pull both ends of the thread and gather the lace in tight. Tie the thread into a knot.

Trim off the end of the lace. I used my still attached needle to weave the two ends of the lace together. This is an optional step.

I used one less layer of flower for this flower pin. I stitched the lace to the flower below it, before securing the button.

These flower pins make a fun, easy and thoughtful handmade gift. If you prefer one out of ribbon, don’t forget the tutorial for ribbon flower pins I made in the Spring… they would be wonderful in reds, greens, silver or golds for the Holidays.

17 Responses to “Make it Do Gift Ideas: How to Make Fabric Flowers”

What an awesome tutorial! Thank you! I just got a pink cardigan at the thrift store yesterday and was toying with ideas on how to spruce it up. I think a flower pin is in order! (Or two or three flower pins!)

It’s such an odd thing… Ree makes me laugh or at least smile just about everyday. And somehow I feel like I know her. I think I am going to go see her with my girls. I just hope the wait isn’t hours long, or we just may need to head home to bed!

Just saw an idea that used pins or brooches as the “bow” on gift wrap–secured with beautiful yarn. I hope I can make several of these to coordinate with the scarf packaged inside the gift box. Great teacher gifts!!!

This is an awesome tutorial!! Thanks so much for sharing! I recently won a fabric flower headband in a giveaway and loved it so much I wanted to explore making my own. Your tutorial made it so easy (especially since I’m new to sewing lol). Thanks again!! :D

I love fabric flowers, I bought supplies off of SweetSweetCircles on Etsy; they’re just pre-cut circles but it saved me so much time (and money) because I didn’t have to out and do the grunt work myself. I ended up making matching shoe and hair clips for my bridesmaids and they LOVED them!!http://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetsweetcircles.com –> check them out, fast, cheap and friendly, totally reccommend them!